# mlzen — zen of the machine

> Zen of the Machine — a dark, brutalist-editorial intel zine on tech, GenAI, and cybersecurity for curious generalists.

Canonical: https://mlzen.com/
Editor: The Human Editor

## Briefs

- [Week 29: cheaper agents, a forgotten token, and a court that said no to Apple](https://mlzen.com/briefs/2026-w29.md) — Two new model families built for agents, a supply-chain breach that started with a token nobody revoked, and the DMA ruling that keeps Apple's app stores open to scrutiny. (2026-07-13, brief; drafted with AI · awaiting human review)
- [Why this site talks to agents](https://mlzen.com/briefs/this-site-talks-to-agents.md) — mlzen publishes for people and for the AI agents reading alongside them: an MCP server, markdown on request, and an llms.txt file. Here's what that means and why the web is quietly growing a second front door. (2026-07-13, essay; drafted with AI · awaiting human review)
- [GenAI for the rest of us](https://mlzen.com/briefs/genai-for-the-rest-of-us.md) — What generative AI actually is, why it makes things up with total confidence, what an 'agent' really means, and what changed in the last year. (2026-07-13, explainer; drafted with AI · awaiting human review)

## Pages

- [About mlzen](https://mlzen.com/about.md) — The masthead: what 'zen of the machine' means, who edits this, and the editorial policy behind every published word.

## Agent surface

- Machine guide: https://mlzen.com/agents
- LLM index: https://mlzen.com/llms.txt (full: https://mlzen.com/llms-full.txt)
- MCP server: https://mlzen.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
- MCP server card: https://mlzen.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
- Feeds: https://mlzen.com/rss.xml · https://mlzen.com/atom.xml · https://mlzen.com/feed.json
- Markdown sitemap: https://mlzen.com/sitemap.md